All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'In the West Nothing New') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma during the war, and the detachment from civilian …
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All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'In the West Nothing New') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by upon returning home from the front. The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung, and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print.In 1930, the book was adapted as an Academy Award-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine; and again in 2022 with the same name.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 7391
- BNF ID:
- 12061973m
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All Quiet on the Western Front
English language
Published July 17, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-1-910281-17-8Copied ISBN!
All quiet on the Western Front
English language
Published Nov. 2, 1996
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-953281-1Copied ISBN!
Im Westen nichts Neues
German language
Published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-462-00637-7Copied ISBN!
A l'Ouest rien de nouveau
French language
Published June 14, 1973
- ISBN:
- 978-2-253-00670-1Copied ISBN!
Länsirintamalta ei mitään uutta
Finnish language
Published Nov. 2, 1975
- ISBN:
- 978-951-0-06667-6Copied ISBN!
Im Westen Nichts Neues
German language
Published Nov. 7, 2013 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-462-04581-9Copied ISBN!
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